Third, Freud’s interactions with neurotic homosexual patients exhibit behaviors of self-destruction and aggression, suggesting the homosexual is attempting to blend in with their heterosexual counterparts. In most of Freud’s work, he conflates the homosexual and the neurotic patient, even referring to homosexuality as a sort of neurotic sexuality. This comes from the fact that all of his patients with neuroticism also were homosexual. "The unconscious mental life of all neurotics (without exception) shows [homosexual] impulses, fixation of their libido upon persons of their own sex. … an unconscious tendency to homosexuality] is never absent and is of particular value in throwing light upon hysteria in men" (Three…Sexuality 22-3). He suggests …show more content…
In the case of jealousy, Freud suggests that there are multiple layers to the intensity of jealousy in individuals. Many heterosexual individuals experience some amount of jealousy, usually at the layers 1 and 2. However, those with neurotic personalities, and thus are homosexuals, tend to peak at the top third layer of jealousy. "The jealousy of the third layer, the true delusional type, is worse. It also has its origin in repressed impulses towards unfaithfulness - the object, however, in these cases is of the same sex as the subject. Delusional jealousy represents an acidulated homosexuality" (Certain…Homosexuality 3). This sort of jealousy is often over exaggerated from the first and second layers and lies in delusional paranoia. It’s most common in homosexual patients because often homosexual patients will attempt to take on traits of the heterosexual as a way of blending into the society around them, but these individuals tend to miss the mark because they have no access to the normalized heterosexual experience since they themselves have avoided the common unhappiness and …show more content…
One of the most prominent societies with normalized homosexual practices and Eros-driven beliefs was ancient Greece. "Account must be taken of the fact that [homosexuality] was a frequent phenomenon - one might almost say an institution charged with important functions - among the peoples of antiquity at the height of their civilization" (Three…Sexuality 8). As Freud suggests here, homosexuality was widespread among Grecian society, especially older men to younger boys, and it was so common that one could call it it’s own institution in and of itself that historically affected to society. Such a high homosexuality rate with so little concern for the practice of homosexuality by everyone else meant that these individuals never stifled their homosexuality or their Eros oriented nature. As Eros prefers pleasure, one can attribute art, philosophy, and literature to Eros-driven personalities as it is a product of a pleasure-driven individual to create for the sake of creating. During this time in ancient Greece, there was a huge spike in artistic creation, especially in philosophy and literature and specifically from these same homosexual society members. While there’s no way to determine the direct cause of an increase in artistic freedom in ancient